The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-23
COSTA 6 i. CAPITAL
The streets, stores nj Churches o
Quaint Old San jose.

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Quaint Old San Jose.
The streets of San Jose are wide
enough to have impressed upon an en-
terprising company the idea of building
. tramway through the city. Now one
rarely sees carriages except the modest
fly dashing onward to the station in the
usual five minutes, which the reckless
Jehu allows himself and his passengers.
Ox-carts line the principal streets, the
patient animals as much at home in the
metropolis before the palace of Gov
eminent as in the busiest high road
tending potrerowards. It will be a
rare moment when galy painted ears
lumber painfully through the streets.
stopping every and again to make
way for the ox-carts of the grand
fathers. Every small girl who car beg
or borrow a cinco will enjoy at least
ride in the carriage of the people,
and grimy little boys will hang on be-
hind needless of danger after the we'll
known fashion of all the other grimy
little boys in older centers. Another
enterprise which has already proved a
success is the public market. The stores
are very fair; goods in general not
much higher than in the States when
one takes into consideration the duties
and the difficulties of transportation.
Duties are usually levied according to
weight, consequently fine, soft silks
and flannels are proportionately cheap
NO. <hon 1oov-u vokh Hate ~~o
sive enough-fearful and wonderful
hats they are, too; made in France for
foreign markets and supposed to be al
together modelled after the bonnets
which set the fashions for the polite
world. Since this is the first genera
ton which has really taken to such
head coverings, it is safe to state that
women of fashion would hesitate a
long time before wearing the wonder
full combination imported into the
country. Twenty-Five or thirty dollars
for y common straw ~gorgeously decor
ated with third-quality feathers, cot
ton-black velvet and cheap lace may
well cause one to respect the Presi-
dents wife, who wears only her abund-
ant hair upon her head and keeps off
the too fervid heat with a parasol.
That the natives of tropical regions
should have a fancy for brilliant colors
is only natural; delicate tints appear
faded and washed out in the full light
of the torrid sun, and nature herself.
accomplished artist that she is, makes
marvellous combinations which her vo-
taries may be pardoned for attempting
to copy. 1t will require as many years
for the women of Costa RIGA to be ed.
ucated up to the standard of taste oil
their more fortunate sisters beyond the
seas as for an amateur dabbler in col.
ors to equal Dame Nature when she
mixes her wonderful blues and greens
and makes the whole world q glorious
harmony.
The Cathedral is a noble building
fronting the park. The floor is mosaic
and the walls, lofty columns, pews and
pulpits are made of the valuable and
beautiful woods of the country.
1t was in 1850 that Costa Rica was
erected into an independent diocese, il
having until that time formed part Of
the bishopric of Nicaragua. The firs1
Bishop of Costa RIGA was Anselme
Lorente, a man who lived only to the
honor and advancement of his church.
The present Bishop is a German by
birth, still young and correspondingly
Jealous.
The other two churches are GARNER
and MERGED, plain white-washed build
ings, severe on the outside, absolutely
mournful within. The doors stant
open nearly all day and the ~repentan'
or grateful kneel on the brick foo
and mutter their prayers at ell hours
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